Boys High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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l8 YM' Red and Blade. February, 1894, saw the Rcrorder under the editorship of Frederic V. Bennis, '95, with Fred. M, Gilbert, '95, business manager. When these two left the school for college in September, 1894, their places were ably filled 1 . 1 lgg WILLIAM R. QUINN. Mr. Quinn was unable lo be in Me Recorder plclnre an arcounf of sltlerzexx. by Homer Eaton Keyes, '95, editor, and Charles Edward Scofield, '95, business manager. Under their efhcient leadership the paper leaped to the front rank of scho-

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The Red and Black. I7 Che 1bigb School 1Recoroer. T the beginning of the year 1892, a numberof High School enthusiasts thought it time that so large an institution should have a paper to represent the literary work of the school. They met, and elected Charles G. Wheeler, '92, editor-in-chief, and Philip K. Mindil, busi- ness manager of the proposed periodical. On the edito- rial staff appointed by the editor-in-chief were D. Maujer McLaughlin, '93, Wesley Steele, '94, John Hackstaff, 'Q4, Frederic V. Bennis, '95, and Elliot G. Green, '93. The regular correspondents were E. L. Aldrich, S. Graham Lambert and William A. Thomas. In January, 1892, when the first number of The High School Recorder was issued, it was received with much interest by the school. The following April the paper was enlarged and a new heading containing a picture of the new school building was printed on the first page. Philip K. Mindil and D. Maujer McLaughlin were the next editor and business manager of the Recorder. Until thistime the paper had been without a cover 3 but the Christmas number of 1892 appeared with a very handsome one, printed in red and black. It was designed by Harold Hall. Every issue of the Recorder since has been adorned by this cover. In February, 1893, Wesley Steele, '94, and George E. Bissell, '95, were chosen respectively editor and business manager. The following fall the former was re-elected and Frederic V. Bennis was made head of the business department. In the Christmas issue, under this management, illustrations were printed for the first time. The Hzlgfh School Re- corder was, to the best of our knowledge, the first paper in United States schools which contained original draw- ings. Since then .scarcely an issue has passed in which work from a High School boy's pen has not adorned the Recorder pages. The example set by our paper in T893 has been followed by almost every scholastic paper. 2

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The Red and Bloch. I9 lastic monthlies-a position it has not as yet lost. Ed- ward Taylor and john Richards Timan were the next editor and business manager, respectively. In the fall of 1895, F. Monroe Crouch, '97, was chosen to occupy the editorial chair, and William Van Buskirk, '96, was elected to conduct the other interests of the Recorder. When Crouch, in February, 1896, declined a second term, Gardiner Sherman Dresser, '96, was chosen editor-in-chief, and Van Buskirk was re-elected. The staff under this administration was composed of the following: George W. Tong, '96, GossQ0,- William H. Harding, Jr., '97, Athletics,- Nat. N. Morse, '97, Class and Sociegf ,- J. Herbert Welch, '92, Alumni Noles ,' Ralph W, Hemstreet, '97, and Fred- erick A. Mills, ,Q7, Flashes ,- and Richardson Webster, '98, Exchanges. In June this staff met and elected for the fall term john Olmsted Dresser, editor-in-chiefg Albert H. Marckwald, business manager, and Frank M. Tomlin, advertising manager. The staff included the following: Walter Ewing Hope, '97, and Frederick V. Walters, '99, Goss? ,- Frank C. Gilbert, '99, Alhletzcs ,' Harry Westfall Redfield, '97, Societzes ,' J. Herbert Welch, ,Q2, Alumni Noles ,- Fred. M. Van Wicklen, '98, and Frederick A. Mills, '97, Flashesf Richardson Webster, '98, Exchanges. R. W. Quinn was appointed assistant advertising man- ager. The Recorder Association met in january, 1897, and re-elected the editor. In place of A. H. Marckwald, who declined to run again, Frank M. Tomlin was elected business manager. Robert W. Quinn was chosen adver- tising manager, and Valentine Lambert assistant in that department. The Hzfgh School Recorder has always held an enviable reputation among scholastic journals. Not a month passes that does not add another to the already long list of com- pliments from exchanges. The paper has always loyally supported the school and the school organizations. It is one of the oldest and best known institutions in the High School.